AGRICrLTURAL MUSEUS? Wt 



m\d knottv bark ; whereas that which is sown thick, has 

 a iine and smooth bark. 



Lastly — The preparations it iiiulcrg-ocs after it is ga- 

 thered ; such as breaking, swingling, combing, &c. &c. 



The preceding article on the culture of Hemp, and ati 

 article on the same subject, in No. 15, Page 229, havf 



' been deemed of so much importance, as to be sent 

 to this country from Europe, by one of our public 

 Functionaries. They are evidently, hovi^ever, adapt- 

 ed to diftci-ent climates, and disagree m several parti- 

 culars. — To Kientio« no other instance, the one recom- 

 mends the sowing of the seed between the 20th of May, 

 and the end of June, whereas the ather directs that 

 jt be sown in the course pf Apiii If tliis latter period 

 is not a mistake in the original yvriter, it is certainly 

 too early in the season for by far the greater part af 

 the United States. There are many skillful cultiva- 

 tors of Hemp in Pennsylvania, IMaryland, Virginia, 

 Kentucky, &c. of whom some iia:>/e published, for the 

 information of their J^'ellow Citizens, the result of their 

 observations and experience, and the Editor is happy 

 to liave it in his power to extract from the FederaH 

 <iazette of Baltimore, a short piece, which may be 

 read with prolit m connection with those mentioned^ 

 ^bovc. 



HEMP. 



The increasing cultivation of Tobacco in Germany, 

 France and othei- parts of Europe, must lessen the de- 

 rnand from our country ; and consequently induce the 

 cultivators of tijat article t-o turn their attention to some 

 (Other production. Wheat, iiarley, Rye, &c. will ahvay s 

 be in demand, far exportation, or the distillery We 

 liave also Fiax and Hemp, necessary articles for internal 

 s-nanufactories. Flax is but a precarious crop, whereas 

 Hemp seems the most certain of any spring crop, as well 

 g.s the most profitable. The soil for Hcnij) should he 



